Police headquarters on Saturday requested to contact the nearest police station or 999 for availing any services related to cyclonic storm Mocha.
A senior officer of the police headquarters said it has already made all necessary preparations to deal with the cyclone Mocha. It is requested to contact the nearest police station or 999 for availing any services related to Mocha, he said requesting anonymity.
Meanwhile, very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeast Wards and intensified further over the same area on Saturday.
It is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northwesterly direction and cross Cox's Bazar-North Myanmar's coast between 6am to 6pm on Sunday, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
Maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the very severe cyclone centre is about 170kph, rising to 190kph, in gusts or squalls.
Under the peripheral effect of cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox's Bazar and Chittagong and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 8-12 feet above normal astronomical tide.
The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 5-7 feet above normal astronomical tide.
Under the effect of very severe cyclone, Chittagong, Sylhet and Barisal divisions are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall.
Due to very heavy rainfall, landslides may occur in places over the hilly regions of Cox's Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Chittagong.
